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    shows guilt as a result of caring and not taking the opportunity to do something about it. The first guilt Amir feels is when he plays a prank on Hassan when they are children. Hassan is illiterate‚ so Amir reads for him. When Hassan hears the word ‘imbecile‚’ he asks Amir what it means. Instead

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    In the novel‚ The Kite Runner‚ Khaled Hosseini writes a fictional story about a young Pashtun boy named Amir‚ who lives with his wealthy father‚ Baba‚ and his two Hazara servants‚ Ali and Hassan. Amir and Hassan share a strong bond with each other despite the fact that both of them are part of different ethnic groups. However‚ their friendship is torn apart when Amir decides to betray his best friend for Baba’s love during a time when political tensions were high in Afghanistan. When the Soviet Union

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    Amir guilt was eating him alive‚ and he did not know what to do one day Amir was tossing fruit up in the air. Amir was getting upset because he wanted to make it even Amir pressuring Hassan to hit him “Get up! Hit me!”[Amir said to Hassan.]” (Hosseini 92) this quote is important because Amir knowing the way he feel inside it hurts him to see Hassan face to face Amir wanting Hassan to hit him so that it relieve stress off of him Amir thinks he deserves punishment‚ and they can go back to how they

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    Themes in The Kite Runner “For you a thousand times over.” In Khaled Hosseini’s “The Kite Runner” Afghanistan is portrayed in a flashback of this family’s life. Baba and his son Amir lives in Kabul with their servants Hassan and Ali. Being that Hassan and Amir grew up together they have a very strong bond that is unbreakable under any circumstance or obstacles. In “The Kite Runner” there are three themes in the book‚ love‚ loyalty and guilt. First theme being love in “The Kite Runner”‚Baba had a

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    Hosseini Khaled’s The kite Runner: Theme‚ Symbols‚ motifs‚ and Taliban Angela Ge Mr. Moore American Literature‚ 7th hour May 2nd‚ 2014 Angela Ge Mr. Moore American Literature‚ 7th hour May 2nd Hosseini Khaled’s The kite Runner: Theme‚ Symbols‚ motifs‚ and Taliban Khanled Hossini is an Afghan-born American novelist who is famous for his first novel‚ The Kite Runner. This novel was the No. 5 best seller in the New York Times‚ and was made to a movie in 2007. The Kite Runner expresses the theme

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    “The kite Runner shows that it is better to confront our mistakes than attempt to leave them behind” Discuss. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is a realistic fiction novel about making mistakes‚ and Attempt tp leave them behind. The novel takes place in Kabul‚ Pakistan and America in recent times. The Kite Runner is about two motherless boys who create lifelong memories together. The main character tries to find inner peace after he betrays his best friend. Amir is a boy who has dark skin and

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    As Peter McWilliams said; "Guilt is our anger directed at ourselves - at what we did or did not do". Our lives and those of others are greatly influenced by the decisions that we make. When our mistakes cause others to suffer‚ we tend to feel guilty and resent ourselves. Our conscious constantly aggravates us until we act to redeem ourselves and set right. This is proven in Khaled Hosseini’s book The Kite Runner‚ Roger Allers’ movie Lion King and Chester Bennington’s song What I’ve Done. Disappointment

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    The Kite Runner The Kite Runner by Khaled Hossenini is his first novel that debuted in 2003. This novel has been on the New York Times best seller list for two years as well as being published in over 40 different languages in over 48 countries so more can enjoy. It was also turned into a film which was nominated for best motion picture as well as best foreign language film at the Golden Globe Awards. The Kite Runner tells the story of a young man; Amir who shares his experience‚

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    The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini was published in 2003. Initially published by Riverhead Books‚ an imprint of Penguin‚ The Kite Runner was said to be the first novel written in English by an Afghan writer‚ and the book appeared on many book club reading lists. The novel is set in Afghanistan from the late 1970s to 1981 and the start of the Soviet occupation‚ then in the Afghan community in Fremont‚ California from the 1980s to the early 2000s‚ and finally in contemporary Afghanistan during the

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    truth when they see things how they really are. In Khaled Hosseini´s novel The Kite Runner‚ the characters caused pain to the people around them by keeping secrets. Suffering from guilt and realizing the consequences of the secrets they learn that the truth would have caused less pain. Amir suffers richly from guilt because the huge secret he holds creates pain through guilt. It becomes clear that Amir have this guilt when he visits Whahid´s family and Whahid says to Amir‚ “You are an honorable

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